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Your wordsYawn, yes I get how you cherry picked one line to totally misunderstand what he was saying. From the article you posted.
Interstingly, Kraft told King that he does not expect to revisit the deal in two years when the below market portion of the contract will kick in with Brady due just $7 million in salary in 2015.
"No, no, no," Kraft told King. "This is a real deal. Look at our track record. We don't do fake deals. The contract we have with Tom Brady is a real contract we will both live by."
What Kraft was saying is that he didn't backload the contract with a lot of funny money that would force the Patriots to either renegotiate with Brady or cut or trade him. That was what Kraft was saying.
Krafts words.Where is that Kraft quote? If Kraft said he wouldn't pay Brady as a top QB, that would have been a major story in this town. I mean as big as Brady leaving. And Kraft would never say that because Kraft is way too concerned about his image and would never say publicly that he wouldn't pay the greatest QB of all time coming off his sixth Super Bowl win with the team top QB money. Would never happen.
"I was just trying to stay ahead of the curve. If we were going to have to pay him elite-quarterback money and have elite-quarterback cap numbers, I just didn't think we would be able to build a team. We don't want to have a team where we're paying 18 to 20 percent to a player on the cap.